J. G. Holland Quotes
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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My father's peripatetic career also gave me critical perspective when it came to my own career choices.
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When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
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I wouldn't just lay my voice on anything. But I'd love to do a collaboration, like a Calvin Harris track, for example.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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One thing I'm not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live.
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My dominant feeling every day is one of great ignorance.
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Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.
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I'm interested in people. I'm curious about people, and of course we're curious about people whose work we respond to. So I'm not saying that I don't understand fascination with other people. But as it's dealt with in this American, modern-day culture, I find it not just boring but actually sort of destructive, really.
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An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.
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Safeguarding the interests of our Taiwan compatriots and expanding their well-being is the mainland's oft-repeated pledge and solemn promise of the new leaders of China's Communist Party central committee.
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The dreams of the rich, and the dreams of the poor—they never overlap, do they?See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?Losing weight and looking like the poor.
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My mother came to a Smashing Pumpkins gig once, and I was wearing a dress. She was very upset. She said, 'Everyone's gonna think you're a fag.' I said,'Well, they already think I'm an asshole.'
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The idea that either individuals or organisations are 'too big to fail' or that the tech and start-up sector is somehow different is wrong.
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That's something that I gotta prove - I don't like being labeled as 'soft.' I'm not soft.
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I love deep cleavage on the foot. It reminds me of Berlin in 1930s, 'Cabaret.'
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As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award.
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Losing your parent is unlike anything.
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My favorite candy bar is a PayDay.
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What works in a story is very different than what works in cinema. For example, dialogue in books: If you translate it too faithfully, it sounds a little stilted, because we often don't speak the way we speak in novels. Oral language is much punchier, shorter sentences.
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When I was a kid, hip-hop had that effect on me, it was escape and it showed me a different way of life.
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A negative mind will never give you a positive life.
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That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures.
